Muhammad Ali Jinnah, father of the nation, quad-i-azam, quad-e-azam

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Quad-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

In history, names of those people are written in golden words who do something remarkable and achieve the unthinkable. On 25 December 1876 a child was born, born to become the Quad-I-Azam (Great Leader). Also known as father of the nation, Mr Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born in Karachi and also went to school in Karachi.

In January 1892 Mr Jinnah went to England and studied law there. During his stay in England Mr Jinnah also stayed at 35 Russell Road, London. In 1896 he returned to Karachi and in 1897 he went to Bombay where he started his legal practice, and in 1900 has was temporarily appointed third Presidency Magistrate.

In 1905 Mr Jinnah went to England as a member of the Congress Parity. Later MR Jinnah realised that Congress is a Hindu party who only thinks about Hindu’s sake. Therefore he left the Congress and joined Muslim league. At this stage he stated to work hard to bring Muslims to gather on one platform. He travelled thousand of miles and given hundreds of speeches, which affected his health, but he carried on his mission for independence.

Many people in the west see Mr Jinnah as a cold villain as portrayed in Richard Attenborough's movie ‘Gandhi’ where he wants a separate state only for his own political aggrandizement. Infect Mr Jinnah was very loyal to his people and only though for the sake of the people. His followers also respected him and listened to him in return. Beverly Nichols described this relation in the following words:

"Jinnah is the most important man in Asia because he can sway the battle this way or that way as he chooses. His 100 million Muslims will march to the left, to the right, to the front, to the rear at his binding and nobody else’s - that is the point. If Gandhi goes, there is always Nehru, or Rajagopalchari, or Patel or a dozen others. But if Jinnah goes, who is there?"
(Beverly Nichols, British author and reporter, 1943)

It was necessary to make sure Muslims of south Asia don’t fell under Hindu dependency after Britishers leave. Britishers and Hindus did their best to stop Mr Jinnah but he kept fighting for an independent nation for Muslims. On 23 March 1940 a gathering was held and a resolution was passed. In this resolution Lahore it was decided that a separate state that Quad-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah has been wishing for needs be made a reality.

After that every Muslim of (then) India devoted their strengths for one cause, freedom, and on 14^th August 1947, the wishes of a great leader, one of the greatest legal luminaries India had produced during the first half of the century, an `ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity, a great constitutionalist, a distinguished parliamentarian, a top-notch politician, an indefatigable freedom-fighter, a dynamic Muslim leader a political strategist, and, above all one of the great nation-builders of modern times and wishes of his people became true and Pakistan was a reality. He was the first governor of Pakistan and he worked hard for his country. His health was going down day by day because of the hard work before and after independence, and on 11 September 1948 Muslims lost their beloved and great leader Quaid-I-Azam. Mr Jinnah really did something remarkable and achieved the unthinkable. He is in every Pakistanis hearts, he really was great leader, not only Pakistanis and Muslims, but also other democracy lovers will never forget him.